***VERSE 1***
You scorn my name since (you) got famous,
I’m still the same : anonymous.
We used to share this common earth,
Now you don’t care, what are we worth ?
***CHORUS***
Two minus one equals nothing,
Limelight seems to burn your reason
This plight is so humiliating,
When you’re out of (the) equation.
***BRIDGE***
[The Naked Kiss, 1964]
- I washed my face clean the morning I woke up in your bedroom.
- You got morals in my room?
- Oh, you had nothing to do with it. Nothing. It was your mirror.
- You must have taken a long look.
- It was the longest look of my life. I saw a broken-down piece of machinery. Nothing but the buck, the bed and the bottle for the rest of my life. That's what I saw.
- A hooker moving in with the town virgin! What an act!
***VERSE 2***
I’ve tried in vain and got a lot of pain,
You’re not so bright or everlasting.
And through this strain we are both enchained,
Beware the bite of human being.
***CHORUS***
Two minus one equals nothing,
Limelight seems to burn your reason
This plight is so humiliating,
When you’re out of (the) equation.
***BRIDGE***
[The Naked Kiss, 1964]
- You had nothing to do with it. Nothing.
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TRADUCTION FRANCAISE
***COUPLET 1***
Tu méprises mon nom depuis que tu es devenue célèbre,
Je suis toujours le même : anonyme.
Nous partagions cette terre commune,
Maintenant ça t’est égal, que valons-nous ?
***REFRAIN***
Deux moins un équivaut à rien,
Les feux de la rampe semblent brûler ta raison
Cette situation critique est si humiliante,
Quand vous êtes hors de l'équation.
***PONT***
[The Naked Kiss, 1964]
- I washed my face clean the morning I woke up in your bedroom.
- You got morals in my room?
- Oh, you had nothing to do with it. Nothing. It was your mirror.
- You must have taken a long look.
- It was the longest look of my life. I saw a broken-down piece of machinery. Nothing but the buck, the bed and the bottle for the rest of my life. That's what I saw.
- A hooker moving in with the town virgin! What an act!
***COUPLET 2***
J'ai essayé en vain et eu beaucoup de souffrance,
Tu n’es pas si brillant ou éternel.
Et par cette tension nous sommes tous deux enchaînés,
Prends garde à la morsure de l’être humain. ***REFRAIN***
Deux moins un équivaut à rien,
Les feux de la rampe semblent brûler ta raison
Cette situation critique est si humiliante,
Quand vous êtes hors de l'équation.
***PONT***
[The Naked Kiss, 1964]
- You had nothing to do with it. Nothing.